creation : 2008
duration: 25′
musicians : 5 percussions and orchestra
According to the composer, two features distinguish this work from those composed previously:
1. The central theme here is the concordance between the sound intervals and its resulting sounds. The structure of the form results in this way: the sound movement reaches silence three times. Before this static background is reached, only the pulsation caused by the intervals of the preceding chord remains. Such episodes occur at specific points and subject the form to the law of the golden ratio.
2. Solo percussionists have seven episodes in this work during which they perform in front of the orchestra and improvise without a pre-set text. It is, so to speak, reminiscent of the instrumental practice of a time when there was only an oral culture. »